Welcome to the Play Therapy Online Training Academy:​Offering Inspirational Play Therapy Training ​and Professional Development

Play Therapy Online Training Academy is an Approved Provider of training and continuing education with the leading international ​Play Therapy association:Association for Play Therapy, USA:APT Approved Provider of Play Therapy Training: #18-556

Special Announcement!We are delighted to announce that we have changed our name from Play Therapy Online Training to Play Therapy Online Training Academy. Our website address, email address and phone number have not changed - just our name! You will see our logo here very soon that reflects the heart and essence of our training in the beautiful, healing Child Centered Play Therapy approach.

About the Play Therapy Online Training Academy:

The Play Therapy Online Training Academy offers online training in Child Centered Play Therapy, a heartful and evidence based form of counselling and psychotherapy for children 2-10 years old. Our Play Therapy training includes audio and video presentations with some of the leaders in the field of Child Centered Play Therapy from Australia and America.

​We are pleased to be offering this high quality Play Therapy training to those in Australia, America, Canada, Asia, the UK and other countries. The training is online, can be engaged in from anywhere in the world, is self paced and available 24/7. Our Play Therapy Online Training is accepted for professional development and continuing education by many professional associations, registering bodies, workplaces and groups in different countries.

Our Play Therapy Training ​Offers You the Opportunity to:

Immerse into the ​empathic, healing world ​of Child Centered Play Therapy and learn from inspiring training presenters​​

Deepen and enhance your work and relationships with children: Learn Play Therapy skills ​​and practices to use in your work withchildren and families

​Develop specialist skills in working therapeutically with young children where play is their language and the toys can be their words

Embrace the Healing Messages ​​that are at the heart of this work: I am here, I hear you, I understand and I care​

​Learn ways of empathically and therapeutically responding to children who are silent, anxious, happy, sad, displaying challenging behaviours, not wanting to talk to you, are bored, want to leave, and much more​...

Experience the power of humanistic Play Therapy to foster children's emotional, psychosocial, behavioural and development growth and healing​

Play Therapy Online Course and Workshops:

You can register for the Child Centered Play Therapy Online Course (28 hours) presented in three workshops, or for Workshop 1 or Workshops 1 and 2:

Workshop 1: The Healing World of Child Centered Play Therapy (8 hours)

Workshop 2: Play Therapy Skills and Practices (10 hours)

Workshop 3: Play Therapy Special Topics (10 hours)​​

Play Therapy Online Training is For:

Psychologists, social workers, counsellors, occupational therapists, art therapists, creative ​arts therapists, school counsellors, Play Therapists, psychotherapists, mental health nurses, pastoral care workers and others in mental health areasand students in these fields wanting to develop specialist skills in Play Therapy and Counselling work with children

​Agencies, organisations and schools offering counselling and therapeutic services for children and families: We offer a special rate for groups of counsellors and therapists in different countries

Those in health,child and family support, teaching, early education, allied health, early intervention, hospital​ Play Therapy wanting to learn about Play Therapy and integrate some of the practices into their work with children​​

​ To Read All About the Play Therapy Online Course and Workshops ​and to Register ​for the Training,​Please Click Here:

Wow, great training! It was so much more than I anticipated and now I am even more excited to work with children! I enjoyed both the audio recordings and videos. There is a lot of information to cover, and I felt that it was very thorough and well organized...” Liz Delandsheer: Counselor, Michigan USA​

"This was amazing training in Child Centered Play Therapy and I have learnt so much. Not only amazing techniques for professional use but also I have used them in my personal life and they open a new way of connection with others and especially with kids... I have learnt so much and it was a life changer. My relationships and my usual work as a psychologist have improved substantially in a way that it is very pleasing for me. I feel deeply honored to have this program in my life." Dorisa Peres: ​Psychologist, Portugal ​

"I really enjoyed every aspect of this online training and my eyes were opened to a wonderfulPlay Therapy modality. Thank you for such an enjoyable experience."​ Julie Smith: Counsellor/Family Therapist, Melbourne, Australia​

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​Play Therapy Associations,NIRE and ACA:

The Play Therapy Online Training Academy CE hours can count towards becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) with the Association for Play Therapy USA (APT) for those meeting APT's mental health qualification standards and for renewal hours

Our training is accepted in Austraila by the peak body, the Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA)

The Play Therapy Online Course is recognised by the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement - NIRE as meeting the Child Centered Play Therapy training prerequisites for applying for their Certification Program in Child Centered Play Therapy

Approved OPD with the Australian Counselling Association , a peak body in Australia for counsellors

​Play Therapy Works:A video from the ​Association for Play Therapy.Please note: There are some different levels of qualifications in mental health fields for Play Therapists in Australia ​and ​some other countries, ​​to the USA.​